Featuring extraordinarily detailed, hand-drawn illustrations and concise, clear text, The Marine Biology Coloring Book allows you to explore the earth's delicate, complex underwater world. Essential... This description may be from another edition of this product.
My first grade daughter has had it in her mind to become a marine biologist for the past 2 years. I decided for science this year we would delve into marine biology using this book. We have been working in it for 3 weeks. The text isabove her head, but works well with my 4th grader. My first grader is enjoying coloring the different ocean currents, and will love it when we get to actual sea life!!
These aren't run of the mill coloring books
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This might be the greatest way to self teach a topic ever devised! You have to follow the instructions. What the authors want you to do is read along as you color the book. Each coloring page has an associated page of text. As you read the text it makes reference to certain parts of the drawing. You can't help but learn. The topics range over all areas and habitats of marine biology and hit all the key points covered in any introductory class. They are grouped by habitat, physiology, ethology and again by taxonomic groups. As far as learning style? If you where isolated in the middle of the dessert with this book and a decent set of color pencils then you would come out with an excellent broad base introductory knowledge of marine biology. It would go well with any beginners course also. Don't let the "coloring book" title fool you, a child of five wold enjoy it but an adult would be able to reap all the rewards as well.
everyone loves coloring!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Being a high school teacher, i use this book and the biology coloring book to supplament my class text. It offers very insightful text to accompany each picture. The pictures are very detailed with complete coloring instructions. I was skeptical at first to use it, but the students really get excited about it and seem to get a great deal from finishing them.
Very helpful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I am a college student who found this to be a great secondary resource. Many of the form and function and reproductive strategy summaries contain great information that I have not found in textbooks. The coloring pages are great too, if for no other reason than they reiforce what the organisms look like.
Improves your test scores incredibly!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
This is a fantastic way to learn about biology...and remember it! Anyone--adults or children--taking a class in marine biology should definitely pick it up
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